Published at 30th of August 2018 01:31:11 PM
Chapter 9
I was running in a deep forest .
Winter will come soon . Snow falls on this region mercilessly . When winter comes, you can not enter the mountains like this .
If you do not hunt now and do not make dried meat or salted meat, the table in winter will be lonesome .
I do not want to repeat last year’s failure .
Let ‘s do our best to make my ten-years-old winter happy .
Alright, I took off a large rabbit at once .
“Even though hunting is going well… I can not find anyone”
Recently, I was looking for an assistant for assassination .
There is a limit to what one can do .
However, not everyone is okay .
To have magical power is the minimum condition .
I looked for a child in an ordinary household with magical powers as they are at a rate of about 1 in 10,000 people .
Even if you have magical power, you may spend a lifetime not knowing that if you do not know how to use it .
It is difficult to find such a person, but if you have eyes of Towerhades who can see magical powers, you can search efficiently .
In spite of such expectations, even when searching through the entire Towerhades territory, I could not find a child with magical power .
“… Do I have to search in areas other than Towerhades?”
It is better for me to find an assistant as soon as possible .
An education would take at least two years, and an additional year to have actual experience of assassination . I would like to find someone within a year .
A powder snow began to fall .
I thought that it was cold, but it cold enough for snow to fall .
Let’s go to see Dia tomorrow .
As it is snowing, it is impossible to cross 320 km over two mountains .
I have been meeting once a month, but considering that I can not meet during the winter, I do not mind going around twice this month .
“…”
I felt a sign .
I hold the bow… but then I notice that the sign is not a beast but a person .
The place where I am is deep inside the forest, with wolves and bears .
No one should be hunting here . Who would dare to choose such a dangerous hunting ground?
While wondering about it, I go over to where they are .
It was a girl . She looks about my age .
It is cold enough to snow, but she is barefoot with only a thin, dirty rag cloth . She is trembling in the cold while embracing her body which is so thin that it is about to break .
She is thin with gloomy hair, and she has nearly starved to death . I think that her facial features are good, but I do not really know if that is also the case because of how starved she is .
It is crazy of you to enter such a dangerous forest without any equipment . How she is still alive is a miracle .
… And, what surprised me most is that she has magical power .
I could not find magical powers after looking at every single Towerhades inhabitant .
However, it seems that she does not know how to handle magical powers, magical power is smouldering deep inside my body . This is not different from the ordinary people, and the girl himself will not be aware that she has magical powers .
“I-I do not do anything wrong, s-so do not do bad things . ”
I appeared in front of her, but she was frightened since I was not doing anything .
“… Who are you? Why are you deep inside this forest?”
“M-My village was poor, I-I was thrown away, I-I can’t return to the village… t-the Towerhades territory over the mountain is rich so I tried to g-go there…”
The girl’s started falling over in the middle of the explanation, so I supported her .
… she is as light as a feather .
“I want to hear the story, but please eat before that . ”
I smiled and handed out the sandwich that I brought for lunch .
The girl had surprised eyes .
To get food from others, it seems to be impossible for her living in a poor village that needs to have its population reduced .
… I heard that the territory next to me has incompetent lords and are imposing heavy taxes out of greed .
The girl finishes eating a sandwich .
She looked very happy .
She noticed my eyes and her face turned red . Finally, it seems that she could afford to care about the eyes of others .
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“Well, you seem to be heading towards Towerhades, and I am the son of Lord Towerhades . ”
“… Why is it such a coincidence?”
Certainly, it is a terrible coincidence .
But, I think that it is destiny .
“If you feel like it, you can become my exclusive servant? I need your power . ”
Finally, I found someone with magical power .
In addition, I was evaluating her .
The action after the abandonment by the population reduction is good .
She did the judgment that it is useless to return to the village, she excluded it from her options, she sought out the possibility of survival and executed it .
It is a necessary qualification as an assassin that they can take the right actions in extreme conditions, and it is hard to learn aptly .
The girl looked up at me and was shedding tears .
“What happened?”
“I am happy, it is the first time that someone said they needed me, it’s been said to me that people do not need me all the time, I was always treated like a disturbance…”
I embrace that girl .
“You will get dirty . ”
“Yeah, but you will shine if you get clean . ”
“I will do my best . ”
“Oh, please work for me forever, I need you . ”
Certainly, the girl is currently dirty . But she is a diamond rock .
… I found a good find . Let’s take her home and grow her slowly . As an assistant for assassination .
Someone is shaking my body .
“Please get up, Rougue . ”
It’s a soft hand . It is warm and comfortable .
I am want to sleep faintly to enjoy this feeling .
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There was a girl with bright blond hair .
12 years old and wearing servant clothes… She is face-to-face with me, she is my dedicated servant .
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“Rougue, you know, I will mischief if I do not get up . ”
A girl shaking me with a quiet voice says such a thing .
“Good morning, Tart”
“Good morning, Rougue, it’s unusual for you to sleep late . ”
【Super recovery】I do not need much rest, but it was because of yesterday being unreasonable so that my recovery cannot catch up .
“It is time for having breakfast, I will do my best with today again!”
“It’s a pleasure, let’s go . ”
“Yes!”
“Tart, I had a dream, two years ago, when I first met you . ”
“… Wow, it’s a bit embarrassing, you were awesome at that time, and I was only bones and skins . ”
“I did not think you would be such a beauty when I picked you up . ”
“… ~Tsu! Rougue!”
Over two years, the slender girl regained a healthy body and a pretty appearance .
Nowadays she has moderate meat . She has good growth for her age .
… I do not intend to use such hands, but there is no doubt that it will become a figure that can be used as a honey trap in the future .
While seating at the table, Tart serves me and then stands behind me .
“You don’t have to act as a servant all the time . ”
I talk to her while eating breakfast made by tart .
Breakfast is bacon and egg, with the bacon made in the province . Both are my favorite things .
“No, I cannot because I am Rougue’s exclusive servant! For Rougue’s living comfort, I need to always be your servant . ”
I want to keep her for the support of the assassination . To that end, it is convenient for her to be my dedicated servant .
So, as long as we can behave as an employee who is not unnatural, it would be good .
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There is no need to be a servant every day .
Nevertheless, she tries to do both the assassin assistant ‘s training and work as a servant .
“Tart, you are doing really well”
She is a hard worker and that’s why she keeps growing and can be trusted .
“I was dead unless you picked me up… More than anything, you told me that you needed me, so this life is for Rougue’s sake . ”
It is not an obsession to the employer, it is a word out of the bottom of her heart .
I get up and stroke the soft blond hair of the tart .
“I’m happy, I need Tart . ”
Every time I need her she is there and helps me endure my hard training .
Indeed, in just two years she grew up as an assassin and gained enough knowledge to be a noble exclusive servant .
… When I explained to my father that I picked up her and raised her to be an assistant for assassination I made two promises to my father .
One thing, I will teach her with responsibility . My father does not participate in Tart’s education .
Two, because I am giving the skill of Towerhades to an outsider, in the unlikely event she betrays us, I will kill her .
First, perhaps because teaching deepens her understanding .
The second one convinced him, it is dangerous to give technology to people that are not family members .
… However, Tart never betrayed us .
I made her absolutely loyal by applying my brainwashing techniques from my previous life .
Tart’s feelings for me are worship and loyalty, looking from the outside looks like romantic feelings, but such feelings do not exist .
That is an obstacle to our relationship .
“After finishing eating, Father said that you need to come to the study, and there is a special story . ”
“I understand, I will go . ”
A special story?
Finally, is it time for real assassination rather than training?
I have grown enough and I got an assistant .
I am confident that I could do any assassination .